In his words “Lionel Messi is a special player. He’s difficult to stop if he’s in good shape and he wants to win the World Cup before retiring so I don’t see any of the teams stopping him.“But good luck to all the teams going to the World Cup. “Your team is good. Very strong. They made the game difficult for us. Good luck to them.” He said this after the friendly game Nigeria played against Atletico Madrid at the God'swill Akpabio stadium in Uyo, which Atletico won by 3-2.